Students’ loan
23 Jan
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has disbursed N116. 184b for institutional loans and upkeep of students across 176, 252 beneficiary institutions in the country as of January 2025, the Managing Director Akintunde Sawyer has indicated. The funds, distributed under the Nigerian Student Loan Scheme, have benefited 680,658 students in universities, polytechnics, and colleges of…
23 Jan
The Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has disbursed a total of N136 million in student loans to students of Joseph Sarwan Tarka University in Makurdi, Benue State. The latest disbursement will witness a total of 2,222 students of the institution receive financial support through the loan scheme. A statement by the media office of the…
14 Nov
President Bola Tinubu has expressed excitement that over N70 billion has been processed for payment in the Federal Government's Students'
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The Rector, Delta State Polytechnic, Otefe-Oghara, Professor Emmanuel Ufuophu-Biri, has emphasised the need for the Federal Government's
25 May 2024
Applicants for the students’ loan scheme will have their funds disbursed within 30 days of approval of successful applications.
17 May 2024
After weeks of suspense, the eagerly awaited students' loan of the Bola Tinubu-led administration that seeks to offer educational loans to students and skilled workers will open its portal next Friday, May 24.
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The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has assured that funds for the much-anticipated students loan would not be diverted into private pockets.
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Honourable Terseer Ugbor, a graduate of Sociology and Anthropology from a tuition free University of Abuja was explaining how he has travelled far and near, local and abroad, collecting facts on how best to institute and sustain students loan board
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said that he expects scholars in the universities to advise the government on how best the students’ loan scheme could be managed in their respective institutions rather than casting aspersions on the motive.
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